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by deknos 603 days ago
what does this provide which cannot be done with openssl, which is available for most systems?
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cynicalsecurity 603 days ago
OpenSSL should not be used for encryption of files. PGP/GnuPG should.
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tptacek 603 days ago
No, PGP isn't much better.
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stackghost 600 days ago
GnuPG and PGP are a shit show. Just make an encrypted drive volume instead.
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max_ 603 days ago
Why not?
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tptacek 603 days ago
Last I checked, there's no authenticated encryption option in the OpenSSL CLI.
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